5 Mile Loop

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.00 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 41 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 41 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 110 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 66 m
  • ⚐
    District: Thatcham 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.3949° / W 1.24733°
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Description

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 69 m - Start near 16 Urquhart Rd, Thatcham, West Berkshire RG19 4RW, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 69 m - Walk north-east on Urquhart Rd
  3. 3 : km 0.08 - alt. 69 m - Enter the roundabout
  4. 4 : km 0.1 - alt. 68 m - Walk east on Station Rd
  5. 5 : km 0.22 - alt. 68 m - Slight left
  6. 6 : km 0.26 - alt. 67 m - Walk east towards Pipers Way/Station Rd
  7. 7 : km 0.3 - alt. 68 m - Continue onto Pipers Way
  8. 8 : km 0.49 - alt. 67 m - Walk north-east on Pipers Way towards Pipers Ln
  9. 9 : km 0.73 - alt. 67 m - Walk north-east on Pipers Way towards Agricola Way
  10. 10 : km 0.98 - alt. 70 m - Walk north on Pipers Way towards Enterprise Way
  11. 11 : km 1.05 - alt. 72 m - Walk west on Falmouth Way towards Cropper Cl
  12. 12 : km 1.3 - alt. 72 m - Head north-west on Falmouth Way towards Bolingbroke Way
  13. 13 : km 1.5 - alt. 74 m - Head north-west on Falmouth Way towards Skillman Dr
  14. 14 : km 1.62 - alt. 78 m - Enter the roundabout
  15. 15 : km 1.72 - alt. 79 m - Head north-west towards Falmouth Way
  16. 16 : km 1.78 - alt. 80 m - Exit the roundabout onto Floral Way
  17. 17 : km 1.95 - alt. 84 m - Head north on Floral Way towards Simmons Field
  18. 18 : km 2.16 - alt. 91 m - Head north-west on Floral Way towards Simmons Field
  19. 19 : km 2.37 - alt. 89 m - Head north-west on Floral Way towards Trefoil Drove
  20. 20 : km 2.5 - alt. 88 m - Enter the roundabout
  21. 21 : km 2.52 - alt. 87 m - Head north-west towards Harts Hill Rd
  22. 22 : km 2.54 - alt. 87 m - Exit the roundabout onto Floral Way
  23. 23 : km 2.77 - alt. 88 m - Head north-west on Floral Way
  24. 24 : km 3 - alt. 101 m - Head north-west on Floral Way
  25. 25 : km 3.22 - alt. 109 m - Head west on Floral Way
  26. 26 : km 3.44 - alt. 102 m - Enter the roundabout
  27. 27 : km 3.46 - alt. 102 m - Head west towards Foxglove Way
  28. 28 : km 3.49 - alt. 102 m - Exit the roundabout onto Floral Way
  29. 29 : km 3.71 - alt. 93 m - Head south towards Park Ln
  30. 30 : km 3.73 - alt. 93 m - Exit the roundabout onto Park Ln
  31. 31 : km 3.93 - alt. 89 m - Head south on Park Ln towards Parkside Rd
  32. 32 : km 4.21 - alt. 80 m - Head south on Park Ln towards Whitelands Rd
  33. 33 : km 4.49 - alt. 77 m - Walk south on Park Ln towards Stephenson Cl
  34. 34 : km 4.64 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Bath Rd/A4
  35. 35 : km 4.64 - alt. 77 m - Walk west on Bath Rd/A4 towards High St
  36. 36 : km 4.86 - alt. 77 m - Walk east on Bath Rd/A4 towards Green Ln
  37. 37 : km 4.87 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Green Ln
  38. 38 : km 5.13 - alt. 76 m - Walk west on Church Gate
  39. 39 : km 5.22 - alt. 76 m - Enter the roundabout
  40. 40 : km 5.24 - alt. 77 m - Walk south-east towards The Moors
  41. 41 : km 5.25 - alt. 77 m - Exit the roundabout onto The Moors
  42. 42 : km 5.42 - alt. 73 m - Walk south-east on The Moors towards Ilkley Way
  43. 43 : km 5.43 - alt. 73 m - Turn right onto Ilkley Way
  44. 44 : km 5.64 - alt. 70 m - Walk south-east on Ilkley Way towards Bodmin Cl
  45. 45 : km 5.89 - alt. 70 m - Walk south-east on Ilkley Way towards Glaisdale
  46. 46 : km 6.12 - alt. 70 m - Walk north-east on Ilkley Way towards Glenmore Cl
  47. 47 : km 6.21 - alt. 70 m - Walk north on Ilkley Way towards Braemore Cl
  48. 48 : km 6.44 - alt. 70 m - Walk north on Ilkley Way towards Blackdown Way
  49. 49 : km 6.59 - alt. 71 m - Turn right onto The Moors
  50. 50 : km 6.6 - alt. 71 m - Walk east on The Moors towards The Thakerays
  51. 51 : km 6.76 - alt. 71 m - Walk west on The Moors towards Beancroft Rd
  52. 52 : km 6.77 - alt. 71 m - Turn left onto Beancroft Rd
  53. 53 : km 7 - alt. 69 m - Walk south on Beancroft Rd towards William Cl
  54. 54 : km 7.07 - alt. 69 m - Walk south-west on Spackman Cl
  55. 55 : km 7.2 - alt. 69 m - Walk south-west towards Braemore Cl
  56. 56 : km 7.21 - alt. 69 m - Turn left onto Urquhart Rd
  57. 57 : km 7.43 - alt. 69 m - Walk east on Urquhart Rd towards Coldstream Way
  58. 58 : km 7.64 - alt. 69 m - Walk east on Urquhart Rd towards Observer Dr
  59. 59 : km 7.84 - alt. 68 m - Walk south-east on Urquhart Rd towards Battalion Way
  60. S/E : km 8 - alt. 69 m

Useful Information

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